Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000S
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and HiSilicon Kirin 9000S mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
HiSilicon
Launch Date
March 2020
August 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
SMIC
Model Name
APL1083
Kirin 9000S
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
2x 2.62 GHz – Cortex-X1
4x 2.15 GHz – Cortex-A710
6x 1.53 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
8
12
Technology
7 nm
14 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
2620 MHz
Transistor count
10
-
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
-
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Maleoon 910
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
750 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
64
-
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
DirectX version
12
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.2
Wi-Fi
5
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
2750 MHz
Memory Bus
2x 64 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
68.2 GB/s
44 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 MB
-
Audio codecs
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 12MP
-
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0
Video codecs
H.264
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M12
Yes
TDP
15 W
7 W
Advantages
Apple A12Z Bionic
- Higher Technology: 7 nm (7 nm vs 14 nm)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 GB/s (68.2 GB/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
Kirin 9000S
- Higher Frequency: 2620 MHz (2500 MHz vs 2620 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: August 2023 (March 2020 vs August 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+8%
1322
Kirin 9000S
1222
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+28%
4642
Kirin 9000S
3622
SiliconCat Rating
29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
41
Ranks 41 among all SOC on our website
Kirin 9000S
